Eric Seelig
American boxer
- Born
- 15 July 1909, Bydgoszcz
- Died
- 19 January 1984, Atlantic City
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- light heavyweight, middleweight
- Occupation
- boxer
Eric Seelig (July 15, 1909, in Bromberg, now Bydgoszcz – January 19, 1984) was middleweight boxing champion in Germany in 1931 and their light-heavyweight champion in 1933. Because he was Jewish, he was stripped of his titles, and, in July 1933, the Nazis threatened that if he dared to fight another match to defend his titles he would be killed. Seelig fled to France, though his stripped titles were never restored. He had a successful boxing career in America from 1935 to 1940.
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